WordPress 2.3 Beta 1 Released

For those of you that love being on the cutting edge, and are willing to help test out the Beta version of WordPress, you are in for a treat. Matt has just posted on WordPress.org letting everyone know that the Beta of WordPress 2.3 is available.

Some of the features of 2.3 include plugin and core update notification, built-in tags support, faster javascript, and SEO-friendly URL redirection.

However all of the new functionality is still very rough, so only test the beta if you are comfortable troubleshooting PHP issues, filing tickets, and backing up your data religiously.

Check out the full post on WordPress.org and get downloading. Don’t forget to let me know how it goes.